How sad would war be? How horrible would poverty be? How amazing of a miracle would love be? All of this if only people believed in the life of others as their own life.
2006-08-21 12:20:55 · 14 answers · asked by TheDotcom25 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The simplest answer is most likely the correct answer, so why believe in many individual lives, isn't it simpler to believe that there is one life expressed at many different points in space and time?
2006-08-21 13:01:10 · update #1
here's one that does http://www.eckankar.org/
2006-08-21 12:26:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure where you'e going with this. But the Bible said that
Elijah would live again. And none other than Jesus Christ said
that he did as John the Baptist. (Matthew, 2 references, I think
chapters 11 and 17). Though the different translations make it
easy to explain it away.
John was also told he would have to prophesy again before
nations and kings. As well as the two witnesses in Revelation which are believed to be Elijah and Enoch. But Enoch may
have returned as Moses, since I always thought the two
witnesses would be Elijah and Moses. (Transfiguration of
Jesus on the mount where Elijah and Moses appeared).
Reincarnation and Karma does indeed explain many things.
Why there are no "innocents", because we have all committed
terrible deeds ourselves in other lives. So nothing that happens
in this world can really be considered unjust.
Also, the belief in reincarnation could save the world. In that,
what kind of world would you want to live in if you had to come back? Wouldn't we try harder to make it better place?
2006-08-21 19:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by Tegghiaio Aldobrandi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, even though I call myself a Muslim, I don't speak for other Muslims and certainly don't believe like they do on many subjects. I however, using the Quran as my source, do believe that reincarnation exists!
It makes perfect sense. It explain that this world is not so "not-fair" anymore, (since we prob would try every darn obstacle in our life then. The Quran explains that We were created perfect, then we fell to the lowest of low. If you imagine that God did program us with a brain full of information, then he put us here on earth as "first humans" with no "practical" knowledge. We had to re-gain every bit of information by living here until all the information is gathered again, or released. That won't be possible to gain during one life! Quran also recalls conversation between God and men about coming back:
[32.12] And could you but see when the guilty shall hang down their heads before their Lord: Our Lord! we have seen and we have heard, therefore send us back, we will do good; surely (now) we are certain. (Since we believe God is the most merciful, then surely he would send us back.)
Also, [40.11] They shall say: Our Lord! twice didst Thou make us subject to death, and twice hast Thou given us life, so we do confess our faults; is there then a way to get out?...
There are a lot of things that does make sense through incarnation. We can talk more if you wanted to!
2006-08-21 20:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by stII 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you said the life of others as your own life, I kinda know what you mean cuz I do believe that everyone's experience ties in with one another, kind of like Karma....But I lean more towards scientific explanations, where the equation of all emotions equal to 0, the amount of happiness and sadness in this world would balance out evenly.
I think emotions have such a big influence in the world that it must be a force of some sort, and every force that's generated has an equal and opposite force as well.
2006-08-21 19:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by ancient112 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism is partly based on a belief in reincarnation....that if you do well with your lot in this life, you will be reincarnated in a better life next time around. That is why the caste system there has been so entrenched.
2006-08-21 19:37:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't say as I believe in reincarnation. When I was younger I looked at all kinds of religions, even visited some, I can say I checked this one out and I don't believe in it.
2006-08-21 19:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by trainer53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure what exactly you're talking about. i do know there's religions like buddhism that believe in reincarnation..that birthmarks are signs of an unnatural death like stabbing etc..plus there's people who have memories of a life that's not of this time and their own..plus meeting new people and feeling they've met before..Besides reincarntion does exist.. we choose life to learn things.. our spirit guides guide us thorugh life so we can learn these lessons.. when the lessons are learned. we die and go to the other side.. then if we choose we can come back to learn some more lessons in life.
2006-08-21 19:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by hating and being mean is a sin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, Im not sure what your talking about but hinduism believes in reincarnation and karma, the beleif that what you do in this life, reflects upon your next life.
2006-08-21 19:28:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a previous life I was smart, but now I look to Yahoo answers for help.
2006-08-21 19:27:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hinduism believes in reincarnation. They believe when someone's born retarded or handicapped that that's their punishment for something terrible they did in their past life.
So stupid.
2006-08-21 19:27:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hindu people believe in reincarnation.
It would still be sad and horrible and amazing.......
But the theory is that you are human when you have lived as everything else...
2006-08-21 19:26:37 · answer #11 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋